Posted February 25, 2010 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
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David Montgomery, geomorphologist and author
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Dr. Montgomery
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization by David Montgomery cover shot.
When gardeners dish the dirt, they may speak of soil, either their own or the soil they wished they had. It really is the bed in which you make your garden lie. So 2008 MacArthur ‘Genius’ award recipient David Montgomery, author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, is the perfect speaker to help peer into our soil’s soul and see what sustainable means to the planet’s soil.
Speaking at March 4th’s Down and Dirty: the Scoop on Soil, Dr. David Montgomery will share his thoughts on the human relationship with soil. Today’s gardeners interested in growing food, enjoying beauty and living sustainably have many of the same challenges that humans have faced throughout history. Plant nutrition, soil erosion, healthy harvests, sustainable production all have underground dimensions: any garden’s foundation is literally the soil.
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Posted February 16, 2010 by Doris Boardman, Web Technology Manager
A new decade brings more exciting transformation–to the Gardens, to our Botanic Buzz
e-newsletter (sign up here to receive your copy), and soon, to our Web site. How do you like our new blog design?
We have so many authors from all parts of the Gardens (click on the “More Authors” link in the right column under “authors” to see all of our most recent bloggers) that we wanted to make it even easier for you to learn some of our points of view about Denver Botanic Gardens and Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield by navigating through our new blog layout. I’ll be posting photos of our authors soon so you can see who we are.
Continue to enjoy our blog and these topics:
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Posted November 13, 2009 by Josie Hart Genter, Children's Program Coordinator
Raspberries are a tasty way of adding some color to your clothes!
Ever wonder how to dye your clothing in a natural way? Kids love getting stains on their clothes anyway, right? Next Tuesday in our Seedlings weekly classes for kids 3-5, we will be making tie-dyed socks with berries. We will define what fruits are actually considered berries and which ones aren’t. Botanically, a blueberry is considered a false berry and a strawberry is an aggregate berry. So what actually is considered a berry then? You will be surprised to know that tomatoes and grapes are the most commonly eaten berries! Okay, so this is a bit high level for your four year old but they will love getting to taste different berries and then learn that they can change the color of their clothing as well.
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Posted October 20, 2009 by Josie Hart Genter, Children's Program Coordinator
This is a time where kids from ages 3-5 can get together, have fun and explore the wonders of nature. Their parents also have fun with one another and find camaraderie in the fact that their children are learning not only to appreciate nature, but also how to interact with nature and preserve its beauty.
I have been teaching this class for over a year and still am amazed that, despite different ages or developmental phases, children always have something in common: they are fascinated by what we find during our explorations of nature!
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Posted October 12, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Pueblo Nature Center on the Arkansas River
Xeriscape sometimes suggests harsh, crispy, scary landscapes where a few perennials struggle in a sea of mulch. WRONG! Plant Select and the new wave of cutting edge gardening
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Posted August 24, 2009 by Bonnie Weimer, Visitor Services Assistant
Thanks to the green team volunteers for helping us compost this weekend at summer concerts!
Between the Pretenders show at Chatfield and Los Lobos last night at York Street, we collected 8 bags. I wonder how many we will collect tonight at Poncho Sanchez?
Posted August 17, 2009 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
John Greenlee
There is a battle waged over the merits of lawns versus meadows, and one might expect John Greenlee to come down on the meadow side. An author, nursery owner, designer, consultant, and speaker, his resume is extensive–he even has film credits for his grasses!–and his work shows how beautiful meadows can fit different situations.
But what interests me is his approach. In his eyes, grasses are found in every ecosystem, every possible habitat. Similarly, horticultural grasses on sale today include not just turf, lawn seed and a few tall ornamentals for winter interest, but groundcovers, borders, natives for reclamation, meadows for aesthetic preferences, and a vast array of cultivars for use in almost any garden composition.
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Posted August 3, 2009 by Robin Doerr, Director of Marketing, P.R. and Special Events
Yet another BRAND NEW experience is waiting for you at Denver Botanic Gardens. DBG has opened a new gift shop, Shop at the Gardens. The entire gift shop was re-designed from the ground up to offer our visitors the most sustainable, creative, unique garden and gift products in Denver. Come shop an extensive collection of gifts and toys for children, unique jewelry, garden and cook books, apparel, affordable gifts made from the most cutting-edge sustainable materials and packaging, plants and other items sure to be found nowhere else in Denver. Plus, you give back to the Gardens when you shop with us. Proceeds from the gift shop help fund Gardens’ programming for the community.
Chuck McGlothlin (above), is the shop manager and buyer. He and his very capable staff are here to help you select just the right gift for yourself, someone you love or for your home!
Shop at the Gardens is open year-round during regular Gardens hours and is located in the new Bonfils-Stanton Visitor Center. Admission to the Shop at the Gardens and all parking is free. We’ll not only offer you the most unique gifts in the City of Denver, we’ll make it easy for you to shop with us as well.
Think all-natural gifts.
Think plants and gardening supplies.
Think affordable, relevant offerings.
Shop over 10,000 items that have been personally selected by our staff to reflect the Gardens’ core values of sustainability, transformation, diversity and relevance. Look forward to seeing you soon.
